10 years after the 9/11 attacks what has America "gained" from the War on Terror according to Official Sources? These numbers are what the US Government claims so these will be the most favorable to the United States out of all estimates.
~Afghanistan 1749 dead soldiers, $472 Billion and Al Qaeda and the Taliban are retaking the country. The Afghani Government says it would back Pakistan in a war with the United States.
~Iraq 4483 dead soldiers, $802 Billion with additional costs totaling up to $4 Trillion all told. All troops to be withdrawn but replaced by 17,000 "contractors" in the $1 Billion embassy. Al Qaeda was not in Iraq pre-invasion but now have groups operating there. The Iraqi Government just refused to allow the extension of US Troops being based in-Country. All troops withdrawn will be redeployed to the Persian Gulf Region rather than being brought home.
~Libya 0 dead soldiers, $2.7 Billion. Al Qaeda were not in Libya before "intervention" now they are part of the ruling Theocracy and have an oil rich base of operations. Precedent set that President of the United States can wage war without Congressional approval as long as he disguises it under the auspices of NATO/UN.
~Egypt 0 dead soldiers, $64 Billion since 1979, $20 Billion since 2001. We urged the replacement of our puppet dictator during the "Arab Spring" and now the Muslim Brotherhood control Egypt and are ratcheting up tentions with Israel.
~Somali drone attacks, Ethiopian Drone attacks, Pakistani drone attacks.
~Yemen drone attacks (Americans assassinated without charge or trial precedent set and secret committee established to advise the President on when and which US Citizens should be targets for assassination.)
~US Troops chasing "rebels" in Uganda...
Our troops are exhausted from a decade of constant warfare and spread all over the world. How is any of this beneficial to America? This is just the straight military aspects of the War on Terror leaving aside all of the loss of liberties suffered at home and the ever increasing costs of turning America into a Police State! =/
